“Pangea and the Earth Machine” lyrics
Act I i. “…Give Me Truth” ii. Refugee iii. Geocentric iv. Define Me Act II v. A Room With a View vi. Atlas vii. The Ballad of Pangea and Anthalla viii. Firefly (An Intermission) Act III ix. Carry Me x. Red Poppies xi. Baptism Under Fire xii. Manumit xiii. Existence (An Epilogue) xiv. Shadows and Dust (Bonus Track)
…Give me truth
A stranger in my own skin, a ghost without a place
And all that’s left is my soul to give
I’d rather sink tonight than swim; I’d rather die than to be saved
An anvil sinking in the sea, begging for some air to breathe
Will I, will I ever be free?
We’re living in a world where we can’t see eye to eye
Can someone please tell me if it’s wrong to think I’m right?
Trying to survive in a place I so despise
My visions they tell me this: victory in due time
Now that I realized who I am and what I’m striving to become
These restraints that once shackled me have come undone
I’m stronger than I ever was seeing that I found the key
Never again will I be a prisoner to what I can’t see
Enough’s enough, there’s no giving up
Enough’s enough, there’s no giving up
Only you can save us, only you Vironus
Refugee
Fight back those words for me
This isn’t a dream
Fight back those tears for me
There’s no truer sign of defeat
Fight back those fists for me
Nows the time to retreat
And don’t be afraid for me
Just bide your time til meet
These things they did to me
These things they did…
They will not go without consequence
And I will learn to grow in my absence
Geocentric
Is my life just not supposed to…
Oh, where are these spoils of life?
Give it up if there’s nothing to be had, give it up if there’s nothing
Puppets, Predictable
We the innocent people, are we feeble?
Take a look and what do you see?
(The stage the players)
But repetition of history
(No lines, no director)
The best laid plans of mice and men
Are just meant to be laid once again
If my fate is truly in my hands
Then it’s time to make an executive decision
We are not the center of the universe and we’ll never be,
Oh Plato, how wrong you were.
Is my life just not supposed to have any meaning?
I am reasonless to reason thus?
Are we evil or just people?
Are we feeble as a people or just evil?
Are we feeble? Yes feeble, we’re feeble
If the world is a stage, the world as a stage
Then all eyes are on us as the audience waits
I refuse to believe we are nothing more than a dot in the sky
There is reason we were given wings to fly, we are grounded
And we are all rotating
(We are all rotating on an axis)
Define Me
Oh have I found myself? (This time I hope so)
The past would beg to differ
But you’ll never stop the fire in my body or take the hunger from my eyes
Life, come define me!
Home, it seems that I’ve finally found you
Home, and now that I have I’ll never leave you
This place is a secret that many know nothing of
I’ll go ahead and keep it to myself
You see these four warm walls? (This time I know so)
The future looks much clearer (It will come to this…)
This burden will never stop me, I’ll let not but inertia touch me
Because I’ve been waiting my whole life for this
Life, come to me
Life come define me, don’t ever stop me
From being the person I know I can be.
A Room with a View
I just looked into my future to realize the fate of humanity and what’s left of our sanity
When the sun goes down I fear the worst for my family
Can I erase what hasn’t happened yet?
Can I take control of what I see or just endure it?
I’ve got this feeling for you; I need to know I can have you forever
I am on my way I can feel the weight
Of it crashing down corrupting my visions
I’m scared of what’s impending, not knowing the ending
Is what I can make myself to bare
I see the future of the world before me
You’re not included
I see the full extent of my destiny
You’re not included
Our time on this Earth will be forever plagued by what I see when I go to sleep
My dreams are not my invention, I pray for convention
For what I see is without you
I see a boy, who will save us, conquer something tremendous
For what I see is something new
Atlas
Oh, I’m feeling tragic. What they ask is too much and I feel I’ve had it.
And oh, I’m feeling frantic, deception is becoming habit.
And I’m afraid I like it…
I can see their faces, they stare back at me.
With each word, they hang at my lips.
So close, so close to my fingertips
Their contempt is the sea as each day passes
It threatens to swallow me
And when we stop it is time to start
I am holding the world on my back,
My morals are in question they’re under attack
As they scream “Alas, victory at last, Atlas”
I can hear their voices,
“You want glory? This is the price you pay”, they say to me.
If you build it they will come, they won’t stop til it’s done.
Oh just look at the man I’ve become
Woe is me, I just wish they could see
I am not the man I want to be
Alas, victory!
This is my will, oh, this is my will.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
My bones are not your bones.
The Ballad of Pangea and Anthalla
Two young bodies, two open minds
You are a war I will not lose;
You are the one I will always choose
Morose was my view of this life
My skin was soothed when it was connected to you
Their teeth would grind at the thought of this…
I want you, to hold you, to wait for me
Together we can live like anomalies
The two of us, dancing to our own melodies
So maestro please strike us a chord
(And I don’t care what they’ll do for this)
Let us dance to our own accord.
(Your body’s mine for now)
I want you, to hold you to wait for me
To hold you and find you, you can’t escape
Your heart is beating…
Firefly (An Intermission)
Don’t be afraid, don’t close your eyes
The world is lit by fireflies
Let them bring you in…
Carry Me
We all know the truth (Nothing falters the optimist)
But still we let it exist
The smoke chokes up the light (Our sins have caught us with up tonight)
Nothing but fools will remain (And now nothing can stop the pain)
No
They will say carry me away
To the place where my eyes won’t deceive me
Is this truth or madness?
Men of stone born and bred from the west
Came and put the ones I love to rest
These eyes have seen all they need to see
My home burns in my vacancy
You took everything else; take me
Fathers say goodbye to your daughters, your loved ones
They came without warning, what’s done is now done
I’ve lost, I’ve lost, my god. I’ve lost.
Red Poppies
I don’t know what to do
They should have been me
My eyes are crossed towards the mountains
The ones that you left behind today
And I know you’re supposed to go…
Next to the valley where we played our hearts like strings
It’s where you’ll stay
Red poppies outline your chest
As I lay your bodies to rest
And I know you’re supposed to go far away from me
And I cannot follow you
But when my time is up that’s where I’ll be
Please follow me?
You knew you were the ones…
Baptism Under Fire
Trumpets sing, please sing for me
Let the sirens sound and the bells ring for me
I’m finding out that what I don’t know I will learn as I go
Know my name, they will know my name
Let none of those bastards who don’t remain
I’m finding out that what I don’t know I will learn as I go
From pole to pole, from East to West
They will all soon see the power of my fist
I am learning to fly while falling through the spheres
I am dreaming of places far from here
Call me when the circumstances are dire
Baptism under fire, baptism under fire
Let my will not falter; when we reach our limits we’ll move on further
Time is of no matter; we’ll stop when it’s done and not a moment sooner
God grant me the strength and courage to do what I must,
Oh my anxious flock put your faith in me, in Vironus you shall trust
God preserve us, I pray thee to you
God preserve us, and expel the wicked
Manumit
I remember years when I was the king
I had the world before me hanging on a string
Now I walk these streets and alleys of this city,
And I know nothing can stop me, not a thing.
I can’t move I can’t sleep I want my body back.
Goddamn these steps that brought me here
I’ve lost what I hold the most dear
I can’t move, I can’t sleep, I stay awake most nights
I can’t sleep I want your body back
I remember days that I spent with you
And now that you’re gone there’s only thing left to do
Anthalla , It’s all for you
Oh Anthalla, It’s all for you
I can’t move, I can’t sleep, I want your body back.
Can’t move.
Is this paralysis? It’s just paralysis.
Existence (An Epilogue)
Pity me, pity me,
No save it for the deserving
Hold me, hold me
For all my will I’m still shaking
So leave me, leave me be
My mind is made up
I only hope they’ll feel how I feel
Before my time is up
I am Earth, I am mountain, I am waves, I am ocean
I’ll pull these walls down around me
Make sure that we live for something
Not everyone is mad, and I know they’ll understand
This machine is all I need, to send the world my relief
To save us all who were deceived, to rebuild this city
To make the East and West whole again…
Go to these hills ‘til you know
So go to these hills ‘til you know
All that I see I will bury, this will be my opus
This will be my symphony
(It’s all for you, oh Anthalla)
The two of us, we are eternal
(Pangaea, Panthallasa)
So bid farewell to the anomalies
I am Earth, gifted from birth
I’ll destroy this machine and show my worth.
I’ll pull these walls around me
I’ll make sure that we live for something
Not everyone is mad
And I’ll pray for the day that they’ll understand
I can’t move, I can’t sleep, I want your body back
Shadows and Dust
You see these hands?
They pray and they beg just to make their mark
You see these hands?
This world is in need and it’s time, oh it’s time
For me to play the monarch
God preserve the king
They’ll sing it from the rooftops
They’ll yell it in the streets
Let it echo through the ages
And send them word of me
Shadows and dust,
If we are but shadows and dust
Years from now will they know of us?
Persist to exist, friends
There will be a time when this life ends
For time can give us days and days
Then take us while we live them
You see this light?
Oh God I just want to make my mark
You see this light?
It flickers and threatens to leave us alone in the dark
God preserve the king.
Should he fall let his choirs sing…
